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Before humans ate chickens, we treasured them as exotic pets
Fire swamps are more than just folk legend
The mysterious sickness that made a million of people fall asleep at once
This ancient civilization literally used their heads to move massive logs for miles
There’s a good reason why so many adults are scared of clowns
Sunken whale carcasses create entire marine cities on the ocean floor
Elden Ring’s corpse wax is real—sort of
‘Bog butter’ is exactly what it sounds like: delicious
Goldfish learned to drive tanks on wheels—and that’s not even the best part
A stork impaled by a 30-inch spear flew thousands of miles to make it home
Your earwax contains multitudes—of secrets about your health
The Monty Python ‘silly walk’ could replace your gym workout
A sea sponge’s sneeze lasts a very, very long time
These long-fingered lemurs pick and eat their boogers, just like humans
Snakes may not have legs, but they do have two penises
How do we know that birds are real?
Mind-controlling ‘zombie’ parasites are real
Bees choose violence when attempting honey heists
Rats can’t barf—here’s why
A bisexual goose raising a family with two black swans isn’t as strange as it sounds
Wild oysters are tastiest in months that end with ‘R’—here’s why
Human echolocation is real—and you might be able to do it
Martian beavers, intentional explosions, and other weird facts from 150 years of PopSci
Nuclear war inspired peacetime ‘gamma gardens’ for growing mutant plants
The inside scoop on Apollo 10’s infamous floating turd
Why young orphans were once used as human refrigerators
Why some tiny frogs have tarantulas as bodyguards
The weirdest things we learned this week: The first celebrity diet, confused albatrosses, and delusions of death
This noxious island is so full of snakes, people can’t even visit
Check out the weirdest New Year’s Eve facts we could find
Our favorite science podcast episodes of 2021
Spotted lanternfly goo is surprisingly tasty
Inside the cutthroat world of competitive meat judging
Death ‘by planet’ was surprisingly common in the 1600s
Imagine traveling to the moon only to realize you’re allergic to it. One astronaut did.
Bill Nye talks killer clowns, mermaids, pigeon poo, and deadly bicycles
How sexy Victorian mediums tricked scientists into believing in ectoplasm
What scientists learned when they tried to raise a chimp with a human baby
This dog was genetically engineered to be a kitchen appliance
Why were chainsaws invented? To help with childbirth.
The weirdest things we learned this week: Falcon sex hats and buying human skulls on Instagram
Some skyscrapers are so shiny they turn into death rays
How Abebe Bikila won the Olympic marathon without shoes
The weirdest things we learned this week: Giant sloths, caged babies, and spicy horse butts
Viagra could have been a groundbreaking cure for period cramps
The weirdest things we learned this week: smoke enemas, sneaky sound design, and stranded lighthouses
What’s stranger than bees telling time? How we learned that they can.
The weirdest things we learned this week: wild weather, Victorian cannibalism, and the female orgasm (as told by a 12th-century nun)
Why baseball players ‘bone’ their bats
The weirdest things we learned this week: doctors drinking pee and telephones made of cats
The historical significance of Harry Styles’ nipples, explained
Ancient athletes did something truly shocking with their genitals
Ben Franklin invented a mesmerizing instrument with a deadly reputation
There’s a secret room in the basement of the female body
People used to drink a very specific kind of urine to treat motion sickness
Craving a radioactive snack? Grab a banana.
You get brainwashed whenever you go to sleep (and that’s a good thing)
Your favorite brunch foods are thousands of years old
Eating soy does not make men grow boobs
There’s no stopping this immortal jellyfish
What really happened during the ‘Kentucky meat shower’?
The story behind the most fraudulent election in history
Egg yolk color doesn’t mean what you think it does